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PHILADELPHIA — One day, perhaps very soon, this will all be over. All of it. The mumbled non-responses, the restricted flow of basic information, the same vague explanations for breakdowns — the entire football culture will one day change at the NovaCare complex, headquarters for the last-place Philadelphia Eagles and a coaching/front office staff that has slowly deteriorated from elite to average to their current befuddled state when compared...

If you're an Angry Birds addict, you have reason to be angry if you were duped by a phony virus warning that flashed on the app while you were playing it on your Android phone. A Los Angeles company, Jesta Digital, used the warnings to trick players and put unauthorized charges on their phone bills, the Federal Trade Commission alleges. The good news is those people should get their money back through a settlement last month that calls for Jesta, also known as Jamster, to provide refunds.

Amanda Pieller, a Bethlehem 7-year-old, really throws herself into feeding the birds. Here, she tosses crumbs to a pair of birds still airborne at Cedar Creek Park and earlier arrivals at the dinner table in Allentown's West End.

Bird watchers saw more than 100 different species during the 1991 Upper Bucks-Montgomery Bird Count held by the Bucks County Audubon Society last month. William H. Rufe III, the area's compiler, noted that 98 species were spotted on count day and an additional seven species were seen during count week. Also, two more species, the common snipe and east meadowlark, were probably in the area, said Rufe, but eluded observers. Increasing numbers of birds have been seen at Lake Nockamixon and the Green Lane Reservoir.

The Delaware Valley Raptor Center will present "Close Encounters with Birds of Prey at the Whitehall Township Public Library at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 23. Attendees will experience the majesty of hawks, falcons, owls and eagles up close and personal, according to the library's website. A variety of ecological concepts will be discussed as well. For more information, call the library at 610-432-4339.

Birds of a feather really do flock together. This flock could have caused a lot of trouble for motorists yesterday who had just washed the winter grime off their cars. If by chance you happen to be in Lower Nazareth Township, you are advised against parking along this section of Northwood Avenue Extension where these birds on the utility wires could return to give you a heap of trouble.

Winter is a hard time for birds who don't frequent places where thoughtful folks keep their feeders stocked, especially when the snow cover lasts and lasts. This fellow may be scouting some kind of food, and hoping for a thaw.